I’m Daniel Biss, a middle-class father, a public school parent, a community organizer, and a progressive state senator running for governor.

I began my career teaching math, and first got involved in grassroots organizing when our nation lurched into war with Iraq. I fell in love with the idea that when we join together in our communities, we can change our political system at its very core. That fundamental faith in people-powered politics has remained with me ever since, motivating me to run for office for the first time over a decade ago and to run a grassroots campaign for governor today.

My experiences as an organizer have also been crucial to passing nearly ninety bills during my time in the Senate. These include a creating retirement savings program to help over one million Illinois workers save for their futures, preventing health insurance companies from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions, protecting vulnerable student borrowers from predatory lenders through a Student Loan Bill of Rights, and passing a series of consumer protection bills to protect privacy in the 21st century economy.

I’m proud of these accomplishments, but I’ll be honest—I’ve faced some roadblocks along the way. Bruce Rauner has certainly stifled a progressive agenda, refusing even to pass a budget during his term. But our problems extend far beyond a single inexperienced billionaire businessman: for decades, Springfield has been more responsive to big donors and the political machine than middle-class and working families and have advanced an agenda that serves the wealthy and well-connected while the rest of us pay the price.

I’ve confronted these powerful forces time and again in the legislature, and I’m facing them again now as I run for governor in a race that is on pace to be the most expensive state election in our nation’s history. JB Pritzker has spent more than $67 million on his campaign so far, which is one thousand times as much as I made last year, and even more than Donald Trump spent on his presidential primary campaign.

Our grassroots campaign will never match JB Pritzker dollar for dollar—but we don’t have to, because we will entirely overwhelm him person-to-person. We’ve got thousands of volunteers in communities across the state knocking on doors, making phone calls, and even texting, sharing our positive, progressive vision. We’ve got an incredibly successful small donor program too: during the last ten days of February, 4,800 people donated more than $150,000 in contributions of $150 or less, and the average contribution was just $25. We’ve even earned major endorsements from grassroots organizations such as Our Revolution, MoveOn, and National Nurses United.

Our campaign is about mobilizing middle-class and working people to take our state back. It’s about finding people in every community who share our vision for making the wealthy pay their fair share, and who know that we can’t trust those who benefit most from our broken system to fix it. They’re people who believe Illinois can lead the nation in renewable energy, create a roadmap for passing Medicare-for-all at the state level, prove it’s possible to eliminate tuition at our public colleges and universities, and elevate our voices through publicly financed campaigns.

It’s a bold vision, and we’ve got momentum on our side. If you want to join our movement, sign up at danielbiss.com/take-action-now/.

His political move to make arbitrators pro-insurance is literally destroying my family.

My mother was diagnosed with CRPS (awful nerve disease) from an doctor that put a rod in her arm that was to long. It tore through her rotator cuff.

My mother's doctor who happens to be Chicago's leading Neurologist at Rush treats her and has been for 7 years. From almost 7 surgeries, medication, etc, there is more than enough evidence to suggest my Mother simply can't work to include multiple attempts by her doctor to have both our attorney at arbitrator understand that she is DISABLED.

Well long story short, our Attorney is telling us that Arbitrators that essentially approve her compensation for her disease will favor insurance policies over my own mothers doctor say for being disabled and unable to work. The worst part is, our attorney is also saying that if she gets her social security approved that we can STILL LOSE. HOW? If she gets social security, the Federal Gov is calling her disabled.

How the fuck can these arbitrators tell my mom she isn't disabled?

We've heard it from now TWO attorneys that these people will make a decision on there own without any consideration to what a doctor says. As if these fuckers are doctors themselves.

I will never forgive this man for doing what he has done to my Mother and my family.

I basically said the following:
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I'm a resident of Illinois and would like Governor Bruce to know that I support SB2298 -- the industrial hemp bill. It is currently on his desk awaiting a signature. Please ask him to sign it into law. Thank you.
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It's passed the house and senate and pretty much just waiting for his signature. If he doesn't sign it, it should still become a law after 60 days (if I understand civics well enough). But, it'd be nice to get affirmation of its approval sooner rather than later.

New "scorecard" lets constituents know which members of Congress stand with big ISPs and which back net neutrality.

The new "scorecard" lets constituents know not only whether their representative backs a petition to force a vote on a measure that would override the FCC's repeal, but also how much in campaign contributions they have received from big internet service providers (ISPs) and the number of small businesses in the district that have signed an open letter in support of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution. It also features a tool to quickly contact representatives.

Check now to see where your US Congressional Reps stand on Net Neutrality!